Operating mechanism for sluiceway gates



June 8 1926,

E. SUDLER OPERATING mscmxmsm FOR SLUICE WAY GATES Fil ed May 17. 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Zlnwnto? In My Jade;

Patented June it, 192%.

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EMORY SUDLER, 01? NEW YORK, N. Y.

OPERATING MECHANISM FOR SL'UICEWAY GATES.

Application filed May 17,

The present invention consists of operating mechanism for sluice Way gates and has for an object the provision of mechanism for operating a gate mounted in an under sluice on the down-stream side of a dam.

The invention contemplates equipping the sluice way with a gate of standard construction and to operatively connect mechanism with the gate for first unseating the gate and then elevating the gate to a position where it is clear of the sluice'way permitting communication through the letter.

A co-ordinate advantage of the present invention is to provide a gate and operating mechanism therefor which permits the sluice way to be cleaned out in a facile and expeditious manner without the need of building a coifer dam or making similar expenditures in order to relieve the sluice way of debris.

Further objects of the invention will be understood from the following description of the present preferred form of the in vention taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, wherein Fig. 1 is a side elevational View of a gate and operating mechanism constructed in accordance wtih the present invention illustrating its application;

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of a dam equipped with a gate and operating mechanism constructed in accordance with the present invention, a portion of the oper- I ating mechanism being broken away, and r Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the gate per se.

The drawings illustrate the application of the present invention on a buttress and deck type of dam the deck of which is designated 4 and through the base 5 of which a sluice way 6 is formed.

The trend of the stream is in the direction of the arrow shown in the sluice-way in Fig. 1 and the down-stream terminal of the sluice is equipped with a marginal casting 7 forming the seat for a gate 8. The gate in the present instance is shown to be of the sector or radial type and has a weight 9 thereon which may be made of plastic material and facilitates gravitation of the gate in a manner which will be hereinafter apparent. In the present instance the weight is mounted on the bottom of the gate to form a continuation of the sluice-way 6 when the gate is open. If desired some other type of halide 1924. Serial No. 713,972.

may be employed instead of the weight'9. The gate includes arms between which plates 10 are riveted. The operating mechanism for the gate consists of a vertically extending laterally moving means which in the present instance consists of a pair of base beams 11 the lower ends of which carry ears 12 on one side which are in pivotal connection with the plates 10 of the gate and ears 13 on the 0 opposite side which are pivotally engaged with complemental lugs 1 1 mounted upon a girder 15. The upper ends of the base beams are connected by angle bars 16 the latter bemg engaged by a single vertical beam 17 the lower end of which latter is connected to angle bars 18 which are engaged with the base beams 11 in spaced relation to and on the opposite side of the bars 16. The lower ends of the base beams 11 are engaged with a plate 19 one side of which is arranged subjacent the girder 15 and the opposite end superimposed on a plate 20 carried by the reinforced base 9 of the gate.

The upper end of the beam 17 projects through an operating platform 18 carried by the walls of the dam 4:. This platform may be of any desired shape and size and is adapted to support certain parts of the operating mechanism hereinafter described as well as the operator when the gate is being actuated. The platform carries a pulley wheel 19 over which a cable 20 is trained one end of said cable being in engagement with the upper end of the beam 17 and the opposite end in engagement with a weight 21. The pulley is operated by intermeshing gears 22 which latter are in turn operated by a hand wheel 23. A second drum 2 1 is revolubly mounted on the operatingplatform 18 and is rotated by a hand wheel 25. The drum 24 has a cable 26 trained thereover one end of which is in engagement with the gate 8 and the opposite end in engagement with a weight 27.

In use of this device, when the gate is to be operated the counterweight 21 is first elevated by rotation of the handwheel 23 in an obvious manner which causes the gate 8 to be bodily moved in the direction of 10 the stream by the pressure of water through the sluice way 6. This movement'is sufficient to unseat the gate. The gate may then be elevated on its axis by operating the 1 hand wheel 25 so as to cause the weight 27 to move downwardly. When the gate is in an open position the lower face of the weight 9 is in the path of the water flowing through the sluice way to deflect the water downwardly. If desired, however, the gate may be weighted in any other man ner and a battle of any desired construction mounted on the bottom of the gate. hen the gate is to be returned to its seat the weight 27 is first elevated in an obvious manner afterwhich the Weight 21 is lowered so as to exert a pull on the upper end of the beam 17 forcing the lower end of the beam toward the sluice-way 6 to correspondingly urge the gate 8 into snug engagement with its seat 7.

The above described mechanism permits use of a standard type of gate with an under sluice and the gate may be expeditiously operated in the manner above described. The gate may be mounted on the downstream side of any type of masonry dam so as to be readily accesible at all times, also permitting its being mounted in close proximity to the sluice, Various changes may of course be made in the device within the scope of the claims hereto appended.

lVha-t is claimed is:

1. Gate operating mechanism for sluice ways including a gate engageable across the sluice way, rockin beams mounted adjacent the sluice way and in operative engagement with said gate, weights to hold the gate seated against the sluice way, means to release said weights and mechanism in connection with the gate to elevate the latter after the weights are released.

2. Gate operating mechanism for sluice ways including a girder fixedly mounted near the sluice way, beams loosely mounted on said girder, a gate pivotally mounted. on said beams for closing communication through the sluice way, means for bodily moving the beams on the girder, and means for elevating said gate subsequent to the movement of said beams.

3. Gate operating mechanism for sluice ways including a gate for close communication through said sluice way and equipped with a weighted bottom to normally hold the gate closed, said bottom being engageable with the top of the sluice way opening, when the gate is open, to serve as a continuation of the sluice way.

4. Gate operating mechanism for sluice ways including a girder, beams pivotally mounted on said girder, a gate pivotally mounted on the beams, weights to move the beams on the girder, and weights to move the gate on the beams.

5. Gate operating mechanism for sluice ways including a gate engageable across the sluice way, rocking beams mounted adjacent the sluice way, in operative connection with the gate, and means on the beams for con stantly urging the gate against the sluice Way.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

EMORY SUDLER. 

